Key: C major
Intro 1
B
E
Verse 1
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B
What does he care if the
B
E
A
B
E
A
B
if the folks ain't free?
E
A
Old Man River, yes,
E
A
that Old Man River
E
F#m
He must know something
G#m
C#
But he don't say nothing, man
F#m
B
And he just keeps a -rollin',
F#m
B
he keeps on a -rollin',
E
A
B
E
A
B
a -rollin' along
E
A
Don't plant tables, no,
E
A
he won't plant cotton
E
F#m
E
And a wee black lansome is soon forgotten
C#
F#m
B
But old Man River,
F#m
B
it just keeps rollin',
E
A
B
E
A
rollin' along
D#
G#m
A#m
D#
G#m
You and me, yes, we sweat,
A#m
D#
sweatin' straight
G#m
A#m
D#
Body's all achin', Lord,
G#m
A#m
rack, rackin' pain
G#m
D#
You get a little drunk and
G#m
C#m
C#
F#m
B
you land in jail
E
A
E
A
Ah, he gets weary, sick of trying
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B
He's tired of living long,
C#m
B
he's scared of dying
F#
F#m
E
C#m
But Old Man River,
F#m
F#
B
E
he just keeps rolling along
Old Man River, he won't plant cotton
He just keeps rolling along
E
C#m
I say that old man river,
F#m
B
E
A
he just keeps a -rolling along,
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A
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